Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems retrofitting options for existing office building in South East Europe

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masterThesis

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Photovoltic power systems

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Building-integrated photovoltaic systems

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Buildings--Environmental engineering

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Energy consumption

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Energy consumption--Environmental aspects

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Buildings--Energy consumption

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Office buildings--Energy consumption

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en

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free

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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School of Science and Technology, MSc in Energy Building Design

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2018-05

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This dissertation was written as a part of the MSc in
Energy Building Design
at the
International Hellenic University.
Aim of this
thesis
is
assessing
the energy performance
and proposing
retrofitting strategies
for
one of the highest energy consumers of the built
environment, office buildings.
The need for rational energy consumption and measured
use of natural resources dictates a new way of thinking about the design, construction,
and renovation of buildings.
There are reduced strategies available for renewable energy
generation in dense urban environments
, with multi
-
storey buildings and limited roof
space
. Facades, however, offer another surface with great potential of generating electricity. For the scope of this
thesis
, facade redesigning will be considered as a central
issue in exploring the possibility of covering the building’s energy demand by renewable energy sources
–
mainly by solar energy
.
The
thesis
will focus on assessing the energy performance and the proposal of retrofitting
strategies for a typical eight
-
storey office building in the center of Thessaloniki,
Greece
.
The knowledge acquired from the review
of relevant studies and real case applications
will play a significant role in
choosing and designing the proposals.
In order
to achieve better energy performance and energy cost savings,
the
energy efficiency
scenarios
will encompass higher
performance building envelope and HVAC systems.
The retrofit will be based mainly on the installation of Building Integrated Photovoltaics
(BIPV) on the facades and roof. An energy simulation model will be developed, in order to evaluate the existing building and to estimate energy savings and electricity production through the proposed design options

The International Hellenic University (IHU) was established in October 2005 by Law No. 3391 and is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The IHU is Greece's first public university where programmes are taught exclusively in English.